Safe Routes to School in WyCo Shows Growth

The Safe Routes to School program had a great year in 2016! Safe Routes to School in Wyandotte County is a collaborative partnership between the Unified Government Public Works and Health Departments, Healthy Communities Wyandotte, BikeWalkKC, Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools, and Turner School District.
Our Mission is to encourage more students to walk and bike to school. We hope to increase the practice of walking and bicycling to school by creating safer routes to schools within Wyandotte County and using available funding to help improve the infrastructure (like sidewalks) around school neighborhoods.

Our Vision is a Wyandotte County where kids outlive their parents, where childhood disease due to inactivity is reduced, and where neighborhoods are engaged in creating a safe, healthy and active environment.

Our Goal is to partner with each school in the USD 500 and 202 school districts to organize a weekly or daily walking school bus program. This will encourage walking and biking as a means of transportation to and from school and ultimately create a healthier generation of youth.

We are proud of what we've done the past year! In 2016, the Safe Routes Program:

Met with and garnered the support of USD 500 and USD 202 district administrations

Set record high participation for International Walk to School Day on October 5th, 2016